Prickly Pear Festival in San Cono
The prickly pear festival is an event of great importance for the village of San Cono. It is an event born in 1984 and which is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of October, which celebrates the magnificence of the typical San Conese fruit, the bastardone.
During the festival, people from throughout Sicily, stands are set up where the fruit is exhibited and sold; a corner is then set up where you can taste the fruit for free or other rare artisan specialties based on prickly pears, such as ice cream for example.
The intensive production of figs d'India of San Cono began after the Second World War, gradually increasing the quantity of product and refining the production techniques, and has now become the leading economic activity, so much so that the town proudly defines itself city of the prickly pear.
Dates and Scheduling
6 Oct 2024
10:00 Opening of the exhibition
"The prickly pear foil: precious Sicilian filigree”
Aula Consiliare
10:00
Raduno Vespe
a cura dei gruppi "Muzzicati di li Vespi” e "Vespa Club Piazza Armerina"
Raduno Auto Fiat X1/9
a cura del Club Nazionale "x1/9 Italia”
10:00 - 12:00 "I'll take you with me"
Sightseeing tour of the historic center with tasting of typical products
10:00 - 12:00 Demonstration with pottery wheel and ceramic exhibition
11:00 Ricotta tasting
12:00 Food area opening.
16:00 Animation for children by "Mela Animation".
17:00 Performance of the Sicilian folk group “Palmarum Insula”.
17:00 - 19:00 "I'll take you with me"
Sightseeing tour of the historic center with tasting of typical products
18:00 AperFico
Piazza R. Randazzo
19:00 Apertura area “Mangia e Bivi” a cura dell'Ass. Pro Loco di San Cono.
21:00 Concert
Paolo Meneguzzi
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